{{Short description|German pianist}} '''Michail Lifits''' (born 1982) is a prizewinning German concert pianist who was born into a family of musicians in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schweitzer |first=Vivien |date=30 July 2010 |title=Athleticism and Warmth at the Keyboard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/31/arts/music/31mannes.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref>
==Biography== He studied at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hanover under Bernd Goetzke and Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, and at the ''Incontri col Maestro'' Academy in Imola, Italy, under Boris Petrushansky.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2019 |title=Michail Lifits |url=https://www.theaterheidelberg.de/personen/michail-lifits/ |work=theaterheidelberg.de |location=Heidelberg |publisher=Theater Heidelberg |language=de |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> In 2009, he won first prize at the 2009 Hilton Head International Piano Competition in South Carolina and at the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition in Bolzano, Italy.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |date=2019 |title=Michail Lifits |url=https://www.mariinsky.ru/en/company/orchestra/piano/lifits |work=mariinsky.ru |location=Saint Petersburg |publisher=The Mariinsky Theatre |access-date=11 December 2019}}</ref> He was also a semi-finalist at the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas.
Lifits has played at many prestigious venues including Carnegie Hall in New York, Salle Cortot in Paris, Wigmore Hall in London and the Tonhalle in Zurich.
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==External links== *[http://www.michaillifits.com/bio/ Michail Lifits' website]
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